The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1887-02-19
FOR the SENTINEL.]
DUCK HILLS BOOM.
Iron Ore In Vast Quantities.


PROPERTY ADVANCING AT A
RAPID RATE.
strangers Floclking to the Town.
70 the man Of historic reading, moth
;ug is more remarkable than to see
accounts of places that arose and fell in
thelapse of the ages past, leaving nothing
behind but legends and traditions ol
their former prosperity and grandeur
The eight great nations of the past that
once filed the earth with the fame ol
their power, are now known as having
once had their day Of greatness On the
banks Of the Nile and Euphrates, the
Oxus and the Tigris, round the shores
Of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, find
buried deep in the soil and sands, inde-
structable evidences of their former
greatness, which in the hands Of the
archeologist, read to US lessons Of pro-
gress and decay. Nations, no less than
tribes, and even individuals had their.
starting point, and sometimes insignifi-
can't, A fugitive Indian introduced the
inexhaustable wealth of South America
to Europe, which ultimately changed
the conditions Of many of the States Of
the continent, and thus we could go
through the entire catalogue Of causes,
insignificant at the first, that laid the
foundations Of empires.
So when we hear men lightly pass
over the opportunities Of Duck Hill, OF
beinga place of consequence, we natu-
rally 60 back upon causes that have
given other places "a name as well as
local habitatiUn," if not immortal fame,
and ask the simple question, why. not
fame and greatness for Duck Hill? On'
man said in our presence that Duck Hill
has not the right name. If the town
depended in her future upon classic
taste, she might have been called Eagles
Flight, but the place with her surround
ings, would be as consequential without
any name, until the resources at her
command would have made it indelible
on the history of our country. The vast
globe itself is but shell, and it is only
by stumbling over it's crust, that vasl
accretion of coal, iron, gold, silver and
other useful and precious metals have
come to light. San Francisco was but
Catholic mission one hundred years ago,
and except New York and Chicago, il
is the most splendid city in the American
Union, and why all this transformation
Some man found in digging old 'Seuters
mill race, fifty or sixty years ago, few
particles Of pure gold. The camp was
removed, the mill business was forgotten,
and land that was worthless then, soon
became fabulously valuable, No gold,
nor silver, nor other precious metals
have been found about Duck Hill, but
something of more value is there, and in
Incredible quantities. When we say that
there is more iron of the purest ore,
within ten miles Of Duck Hill, than will
last the world many years, provided its
entire wants were taken from this center,
we state no fact, than demonstration
will not prove. So here, suddenly breaks
upon the world, the absolute value of
Duck Hill, that cannot be sneered down
with the sharpest wit, nor written down |
with the keenest irony, nor abused down
with coursest criticism. The iron is there
IN lnexhaustable quantities. of the purest
ore, and of the highest per cent. So if
the iron of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia |
and other States where it is known, will |
attract the attention of spectators, iron
mongers and manufacturers in all parts |
OF this or any country, why should not
Duck Hill2 This simple question, before
The facts we have mentioned, demands
an answer, notfounded upon the ridicule
OF the skeptic, nor the raillery of the
clown, nor the envy of the covetous.
Come and see, for miles in every direc>
ton, iron in vast and unmeasured
quantities. Then you will see the cause
why Duck Hill has suddenly become
famous.
providence certainly had motive in
spreading iron SO universally over the
9lODe. 1t is not only found in all nnar